SNL’s Michael Che Grills Dilbert on Creator Scott Adams’ Racism
“Weekend Update” co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost tag-teamed their criticisms of cartoonist Scott Adams on this week’s Saturday Night Live. And even Dilbert, Adams’ most famous—and really, really white—creation joined in on the takedown.
In February, Adams—a vocal Donald Trump supporter—went off on a racist rant in which he described Blackness as “a hate group” and encouraged his readers to “just get the fuck away” from Black people.” In the wake of his hateful tirade, Adams has been dumped by his comic distributor and book publisher, along with millions of fans. But Che and Jost still had much more to say on the topic.
“Newspapers dropped the cartoon strip [Dilbert] effective immediately,” Jost explained. “And to rub it in, they’re replacing Dilbert with ‘Peanuts: Oops All Franklin.’”